Hip boot drying hanger



April 28, 1942. M. D. BARNEY a 2,281,016

HIPBOOT DRYING HANGER Filed J1 1ly 11, 1940 FIG. 2.

INVENTOR.

MEPr-i'tf Dan EEIT'LEH ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apra 28, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,281,016 Hie BoorDRYING HANGER Merritt Dan Barney, Billings, Mont. Application July 11,1940, Serial No. 345,015

Claims.

Thepresent invention relates to improvements in equipment for drying hipboots and more particularly to means for suspending a hip boot with theleg of the boot held open for drying purposes.

In prior boot drying equipment of which I am aware, the boot is dried inan inverted position by conducting heat upwardly into the leg and footof the boot thru a pipe or other conduit.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means for suspending ahip boot from a section adjacent the knee with the leg hanging open andthe foot lowermost and with the boot to'p inverted and disposed inspaced downwardly flaring relation to the leg so as to pocket warm air,upon hanging the boot over a stove or other source of heat, around theleg of the boot and whereby evaporated moisture within the leg and footwill be carried upwardly and out of the boot by convection. I

, Another object of my invention is to provide equipment for drying aboot including relatively inexpensive means for suspending a hip boot ina manner whereby the top of the boot will pocket heat rising from astove or other source and retain the heat around the leg of the boot soas to eliminate the use of heat conducting pipes within the leg of theboot.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring the course of the following detailed description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, and in which drawing,

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in centralvertical section, showing the boot hanger attached to a hip boot.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a ring forming one part of the hanger.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a ring and strap forming another part of thehanger.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views illustrating steps in apreferred method of attaching the hanger to a boot.

In the drawing, which for the purpose of illustration shows only apreferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar referencecharacters denote corresponding parts thruout the several views, theletter A generally designates a hip boot and B the hanger therefor.

In the example shown, the hip boot A includes a foot ID, a leg II, aknee I2, and an upwardly flaring top I3, formed of flexible material,such as rubberized fabric or sheet rubber.

The hanger B comprises a ring I5 of a size to encircle the outside ofthe boot A adjacent the diameter of six inches for the ring I5, and fiveand seven-eighths inches for the ring I6. At-

tached to opposite sides of the smaller ring l6, as

knee I2 and whereby the boot top I3 may be inby rivets II, are the bightend portions I8 of a strap I9 of any suitable flexible material. In theexample shown, this strap is one-half inch wide and fourteen incheslong.

To suspend the boot, the smaller ring It with the strap I9 attached isslipped over the boot and permitted to rest around the ankle, and thelarger ring it is then disposed on the boot adjacent the knee 12, asshown in Figure 4. By reaching inside the boot, the larger ring i5 maybe grasped with one hand, and the top it may then be folded down overthe ring I5, as illustrated in Figure 5. Thereupon, the smaller ring l6,which is resting around the ankle of the boot, may be pulled up outsidethe boot A until it is disposed subjacent the larger ring I5 and cannotbe lifted any higher on the boot. Lastly, the strap I9 is lifted to aposition over the leg opening of the boot to form a handle or supportfor the hanger, as illustrated in Figure 6. By supporting the hip boot Ain the manner described, a pocket 2i) is formed between the down wardlyflaring top I3 and the leg II, for receiving and holding warm air risingfrom a stove or other source of heat. This warm air surrounding the legII will, of course, tend to vaporize any moisture within the leg II andfoot ID of the boot A. It is to be noted that this vaporized moisturewill pass upwardly thru the open leg of the boot due to convection.

Various changes may be made in the form of I invention herein shown anddescribed without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In hip boot drying equipment, means for suspending a hip boot fromadjacent the knee with the leg hanging open and the foot lowermost andwith the boot top inverted and disposed in spaced downwardly flaringrelation to the leg so as to pocket warm air around the leg and wherebyevaporated moisture within the leg and foot will be carried upwardly andout of the boot by convection, said means including a first ring of asize to encircle the outside of the boot adjacent the knee and wherebythe boot top may be inverted by pulling the top downwardly over the ringso as to dispose the inverted boot top in spaced downwardly flaringrelation around the leg, a second ring having an inside diameter nogreater than the outside diameter of the first ring for disposition inencircling engagement with the inverted boot top subjacent the firstring, and a support for the second ring.

2. In hip boot drying equipment, means for suspending a hip boot fromadjacent the knee with the leg hanging open and the foot lowermost andwith the boot top inverted and disposed in spaced downwardly flaringrelation to the leg so as to pocket warm air around the leg and wherebyevaporated moisture within the leg and foot will be carried upwardly andout of the boot by convection, said means including a first ring of asize to encircle the outside of the boot adjacent the knee and wherebythe boot top may be inverted 'by pulling the top downwardly over'thering so as to dispose the inverted boot top inspaced downwardly flaringrelation around the leg, a second ring having an inside diameter nogreater than the outside diameter of the first ring for disposition inencircling engagement with the inverted boot top subjacent the firstring, and a support for'the second ring, said support com-prising astrap having its opposite end portions attached to the ring.

3. In hip boot drying equipment, means for suspending a hip boot fromadjacent the knee with the leg hanging open and the foot lowermost andwith the boot top inverted and disposed in spaced downwardly flaringrelation to the leg so as to pocket warm air around the leg and wherebyevaporated moisture within the leg and foot will be carried upwardly andout of the boot by warmair rising within the open leg and foot, saidmeans including a first ring of a substantially circular cross section,and of a size to encirclingly engage the outside of the boot adjacentthe knee and whereby the boot top may be pulled over the ring so as todispose the inverted boot top in spaced downwardly flaring relation tothe leg, a second ring of a substantially circular cross section, andhaving an inside diameter less than the outside diameter of the firstring for disposition in encircling engagement with the inverted boot topsubjacent the first ring, and a flexible support for the second ring.

4. In hip boot drying equipment, means for suspending a hip boot fromadjacent the knee with the leg hanging open and the foot lowermost andwith the boot top inverted and disposed in spaced downwardlyflaring'relation to the leg so as to pocket warm air around the leg andwhereby evaporated moisture within the leg and foot will be carried'upwardly and out of the boot by warm air rising withinthe open leg andfoot, said means including a first ring of a size to encirclingly engagethe outside of the boot adjacent the knee and whereby the boot top maybeinverted by pulling the top over the ring so as to dispose the invertedboot top in spaced downwardly flaring relation around the leg, a secondring of a size less than the size of the first ring and for dispositionin encircling engagement with the inverted boot top subjacent the firstring, and a support for the second ring.

5. The method of drying a hip boot of the character which includes aflexible upwardly flaring top which includes disposing the boot top in'invert'eddownwardly flaring outwardly spaced relation to the empty bootleg to form a down wardly opening pocket between the top and leg, andsuspending the empty boot in an upward draft of heated air with the footof the boot lowermost.

MERRITT DAN BARNEY.

